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مُرَاغَمٌ

Root: رغم

Full Definition

مُرَاغَمٌ and مُتَرَغَّمٌ and مَرْغَمٌ , thus accord. to one reading in the Kur iv. 101, or مُرَغَّمٌ , A road by the travelling of which one leaves, or separates himself from, his people, against their wish, or so as to displease them: and a place to which one emigrates: or a place to which one shifts, removes, or becomes transferred: or a way by which one goes or goes away: and a place to which one flees; a place of refuge: and i. q. مُضْطَرَبٌ [meaning a place in which one goes to and fro seeking the means of subsistence: see art. ضرب]: and a fortress, or fortified place; syn. حِصْنٌ. It is said in the Kur, [iv. 101, of him who emigrates for the cause of God's religion], يَجِدٌ فِى الأَرْضِ مُرَاغَمًا كَثِيرًا [He shall find in the earth many a road &c.]. And a poet says, إِلَى بَلَدٍ غَيْرِ دَانِى المَحَلِّ بَعِيدِ المُرَاغَمِ وَالمُضْطَرَبْ [To a country not near in respect of the place of alighting, remote in respect of the road &c. and of the region in which people go to and fro seeking the means of subsistence].
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